commissioner mendoza? >> thank you. this is a very, this is a very great and difficult conversation to have. and i just want to thank everyone for being here because this is a dialogue that we need to continue to have. and i just have several comments that i want to make. as i'm listening to folks that have shared their perspective and view and the solutions that folks have, i want to be really clear that on the district side, that this is the main focus and priority of the work that we do, that this is the reason that i think many of the board members continue to stay and work hard, particularly around these topics. and that this isn't something that has always been viewed the same way that this board is viewing it. and i really think that there is political will and a big push on the priority piece of this. and having said that, i think we also have an amazing staff that's helping to try to move this along. but as many of you know, this is, as one of the comments that were made, this is 50 years in the making, 60 year